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Thursday Legends (Bob Skinner Mysteries) (Paperback)

by Quintin Jardine (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Headline (1 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747256683
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747256687
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 125,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Quintin Jardine's thrillers about Scots Special Branch officers have for the most part concentrated on Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner; Thursday Legends is more of an ensemble piece in which all his colleagues play a part. Their former boss Alec Smith is found horribly tortured to death, and the question arises, as they go over Smith's old cases, of just how many enemies Smith had, just how many people might have wanted to kill him so badly. For one thing, Smith was none too fussy about the rules--it emerges that his cutting of corners included frame-ups, torture and the commissioning of assassination; for another, the more his former colleagues discover about the man they thought they knew, the less they like what they find. Another corpse turns up in the river, battered beyond recognition, and killed at about the same time as Smith; coincidence, or something more sinister? Is there any connection with the group of middle-aged amateurs, the Thursday Legends, with whom Smith used to play football, and Skinner still does? This is an ingeniously plotted police procedural that asks interesting questions about the rules which apply to investigations at the edge of what is civilised, plays intelligently with extremes. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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'This gritty, fast-paced mystery will pin even the most squeamish reader to the page'
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable, but I've read better, 28 Aug 2001
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This was my first encounter with Quintin Jardine's work. On the whole I enjoyed the novel, but I think that Raymond Flynn, Ian Rankin and R.D. Wingfield are better. The first few chapters are concerned with soap opera chit-chat and are quite frankly boring. The reader is lulled into a false set of torpor. Then bam! the body arrives on the scene and from 'cosy' style the novel goes straight into Kathy Reichs gruesome description mode - very gruesome! After this delightful watershed the language changes. Lots of 'f' words and the book gets gritty and tough with more lovingly described surprises along the way. Like one of the other reviewers, I was slightly perplexed as to Andy's behaviour after he solved the crime. Would he really leave that window of time? But then I suppose there'd be no justice in the world and the ending would be that bit less dramatic!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Goal by Jardine, 2 Jul 2001
By martin.bell2@tesco.net (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thursday Legends (A Bob Skinner mystery) (Paperback)
What an excellent read. I had never heard of this guy before but picked the book up because it had a football / crime thriller connection. In 3 hours of reading I was over half way through as the chracters and situations gripped me. I loved the book so much I have ordered the previous 9 in the serious and as I have seen on other reviews I wish I had read in order but its not to late for me as Thursday Legends is one of the better ones to start with as it concentrates on all the main chracters and makes you want to learn how they got to where they are in this book. A good book to relax with this summer.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but not as good as his previous books, 22 Mar 2001
I have read all the Skinner novels and enjoyed them immensely but I was disappointed with this one even though the story line is gripping. For example, I kept asking myself if real-life senior police officers such as Andy Martin would really blab like that in bed. Also in this book Andy Martin becomes as dangerous and scary as Skinner himself. Maybe that's one "dangerous man" too many.
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3.0 out of 5 stars a bit far fetched but not a bad read
"Like one of the other reviewers, I was slightly perplexed as to Andy's behaviour after he solved the crime. Would he really leave that window of time? Read more
Published 17 months ago by Andrew D. Sunter

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good read
This is one of these books where you don't know what is going to happen with each page you turn. And as for the person who "dunit!! Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable novel if somewhat contrived outcome
It was good to see other members of the police team being more involved in this novel, with "saint" Skinner taking more of a back seat. Read more
Published on 26 May 2001 by menziesi@hotmail.com

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable novel if somewhat contrived outcome
It was good to see other members of the police team being more involved in this novel, with "saint" Skinner taking more of a back seat. Read more
Published on 26 May 2001 by menziesi@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb read from a prolific writer, who get's better
Thursday Legends get's better and better. From the very first page till the last it is a very hard book to put down. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2001 by Big John

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent blend of Patricia Cornwell and Ian Rankin
I was hooked after the first few pages. Suberb plotting, excellent believable three-dimensional characterisation and a detective who's just tougher, scarier and more ingenious... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2001 by M. Seymour

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read.
I have read all of the Bob Skinner books. They are well-written and I have enjoyed them all. Thursdays Legends was more of "Andy's" book. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2001 by skerry7@earthlink.net

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent book by QJ in the Skinner series
Having read all QJ books I was looking forward to reading this one. It does help to have read the previous Skinner books in order to understand some of the relevant characters and... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent well thought out book/plot
Not quite as gripping as Jeffrey Deaver, although I did sit and read it straight through without stopping. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2000 by julie.pickering@trionics.co.uk

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